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peltast
/ ˈpɛltæst /
noun
(in ancient Greece) a lightly armed foot soldier
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Word History and Origins
Origin of peltast1
C17: from Latin peltasta, from Greek peltastēs soldier equipped with a pelta, a small leather shield
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Example Sentences
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The critic is no hero: he is at best but a skipping peltast, engaged as often as not in inglorious flight.
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Though his men were forming on the hill, Cleon fled as fast as he could on the approach of the enemy, but was pursued and slain by a Thracian peltast.
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"No, nor yet a peltast"; but he had been ordered by his messmates to drive a mule, although he was a free man.
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